Part of the exhibition curator’s goal was to challenge preconceived notions of what race is, as well as the idea that it’s definable, that it even exists.
Carey Dunne
Carey Dunne is a Brooklyn-based writer covering arts and culture. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, The Baffler, The Village Voice, and elsewhere.
The Most Popular Colors Around the World, Mapped
What’s your country’s favorite color?
Mossy Virtual Reality Helmets Let You See the Forest as Animals Do
Compared to certain animals, humans have pretty limited vision.
How DNA Technology Could Help Prevent Art Fraud
i2M Standards is in the process of developing synthetic DNA labels that will be added to the works of prominent artists, serving as a kind of fingerprint or serial number and offering proof of authenticity.
Jeb Bush to Hold “Pop Art” Fundraiser at “Trendy” Art Basel Miami Beach
According to a 112-page internal document recently leaked from the Jeb Bush campaign, the Florida governor and Presidential hopeful is planning a pop art–themed fundraising event at Art Basel Miami Beach.
Rare, Candid Photos Show Louise Bourgeois in Her Home and Studio
When French photographer Jean-François Jaussaud asked an 84-year-old Louise Bourgeois for permission to photograph her at her New York home and studio, she gave him an intimidating stipulation.
20 Hieronymus Bosch Paintings Return Home for Artist’s 500th Anniversary
For seven years, Charles de Mooij, the director of a tiny museum in the Netherlands, has been struggling to secure loans to bring all the paintings by Hieronymus Bosch back to their humble birthplace.
The Obamas Give the White House a Modern Art Makeover
Since John Adams first took up residence there in 1800, the White House has been adorned with a relatively safe, traditional collection of art.
Senegal’s Trash Transformed into Afrofuturist Haute Couture
In The Prophecy, a striking series by Dakar-based photographer Fabrice Monteiro, majestic alien creatures wear hoop skirts and headdresses made from soda cans, garbage bags, fishing nets, tortoise shells, and the odd baby doll.
A Photographer Captures the Last Remaining Navajo Trading Posts
Trading posts first cropped up in 1870, two years after the Navajo treaty with the US government.
The Car of the Future Could Be a Mirrored Minimalist Sculpture
Silicon Valley is convinced that self-driving cars are the future of transport, and that in a few decades, we’ll look back at the vehicles of today — massive hunks of glass and metal hurtling around, powered by dumb humans — with disbelief.
Rainbow Sherbert Collages of Calamity
The clash of cheery colors with destructive scenes gives this artist’s images a subversive, dissonant power.